UP government selects Redicon India for concept report of Agra-Lucknow expressway

LUCKNOW: Going ahead with its plan to start work on the proposed Agra-Lucknow expressway, Uttar Pradesh government has appointed Redicon India, a private limited company, as a consultant for preparing the concept report for the project.

Redicon India was selected out of eight bidders after the company met with the standards of requisite experience and lowest financial bid, a senior official said.

The eight-lane 365 km-long expressway is proposed to be constructed on a minimum distance formula through Public-Private Partnership mode, he said.

Once completed, the expressway will cut short the travelling time between Lucknow and Agra from six hours to three and a half hours, while the distance of about 530-kms from Greater Noida to Lucknow will be reduced to five hours from the current time of nine hours.

The concept report prepared by the consultant would involve preliminary feasibility reports on economic, geographical, physical and social parameters.

The implementing and Nodal agency for this PPP expressway project is Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Authority.